Deck 3: Studying People

Question 1

At what step in the research process does the researcher actually go out and collect data?

A)step 1
B)step 2
C)step 3
D)step 4

Answer 1

step 3

Question 2

Social scientists must always be concerned with ___________ and ___________ to accurately capture the phenomena in questions.

A)truth and reliability
B)reliability and validity
C)truth and validity
D)probability and validity

Answer 2

reliability and validity

Question 3

How are social theories and hypothesis related to one another?

A)Theories include general statements about social relationships while hypotheses are more specific statements about how variables will relate to one another.
B)Theories are an extension of hypotheses.
C)Theories are used to develop hypotheses.
D)both a and c

Answer 3

both a and c

Question 4

You are studying student attitudes toward tobacco and alcohol consumption using a series of items in which respondents were asked to respond using categories ranging from 1 'Strongly agree' to 4 'Strongly disagree'.These items represent which type of variable?

A)ordinal
B)interval
C)ratio
D)categorical

Question 5

Focus groups generally have more than 20 people in them.

Question 6

In preparing for a survey of country club members,Donella asked the manager of the club for a list of members.This list refers to:

A)a random sample.
B)a probability sample.
C)a sample list
D)a sampling frame.

Question 7

A researcher wants to explore the connection between college campus drinking and sexual assault nation-wide.The most effective method of measurement would be:

A)interviews
B)controlled experiments
C)surveys
D)none of the above

Question 8

Which of the following types of samples is considered most representative of any given population?

A)random sample
B)convenience sample
C)snowball sample
D)both b and c

Question 9

Samantha started a research project predicting that men would be more supportive of using military forces to go to war than women.In this case,attitudes toward going to war is what kind of variable?

A)index
B)scale
C)independent variable
D)dependent variable

Question 10

Quantitative research includes all of the following except:

A)experiments
B)interviews
C)surveys
D)data analysis

Question 11

Which of the following methods is MOST likely to show causation?

A)ethnography
B)focus group
C)survey
D)experiment

Question 12

Age is what kind of variable?

A)ordinal
B)interval
C)ratio
D)categorical

Question 13

The research technique called "autoethnograpy" is associated with which social psychological perspective?

A)symbolic interaction
B)social structure and personality
C)group processes
D)structural functionalism

Question 14

An instructor developed a study to determine ways of producing more participation in his classes.In one class she provided free donuts everyday of class while in another she gave them nothing.She had her assistant takes notes on the number of comments and questions students made in each class.Which of these classes represent the control group?

A)The class not given the donuts.
B)The class given the donuts.
C)Other classes that are not part of the experiment.
D)Both classes would be considered the control group.

Question 15

At what step in the research process does the researcher employ library and other resources and conduct a literature review?

A)step 1
B)step 2
C)step 3
D)step 4

Question 16

Humphries' research on the "tearoom trade" was considered controversial because:

A)he did not use a representative sample.
B)he studied a controversial topic of homosexuality in public places.
C)he placed his subjects at risk of humiliation and hardship.
D)both a and c

Question 17

An instructor asks you to develop a study of the homeless that will provide a great deal of depth into what it is like to be homeless.Given this mandate,which of the following methods would most likely give the information you need for such a project?

A)ethnography
B)focus group
C)survey
D)experiment

Question 18

Indices and scales are the same concepts.

Question 19

Research conducted by interviews,participant observations and ethnographies is referred to as what kind of research?

A)quantitative
B)qualitative
C)breeching
D)experimental

Question 20

Sociologists often employ rats and other animals in their research to represent human interactions and behaviors.

Question 21

Which method was employed in the first project? The second?

A)in-depth interviews; ethnography
B)in-depth interviews; experiment
C)in-depth interviews; secondary data analysis
D)field methods; secondary data analysis

Question 22

Which of the projects would probably be most useful for gaining deeper insights into the processes associated with deciding to commit suicide? Which is more representative of American's experience with suicide decisions?

A)project 1; project 2
B)project 2; project 1
C)they are both equally insightful and representative
D)neither are terribly insightful or representative